Summer Solstice 2010
Lago de Castiñeiras, Pontevedra
By the "Lake of Chestnuts" is a fantastic dolmen, called Chan de Castiñeiras, built in the centre of a large mound, presumably part of the original structure. A short walk away lies another, although that one has the top missing and is barely visible from a distance. A quick check with the compass showed us that these two were alligned perfectly from North to South. A little further south of the ruined one, we saw another group of stones - we went to check them out, but they looked too natural to be a constructed site; they also fit the North-South allignment. Maybe the two man-made ones were built along the line of the naturally occuring mound?
After a picnic, our newly enlarged party (Dave & Raye, Vic and Loreto now with baby Malusa) went to the Chan de Arquiña - the last site that Vic and Loreto visited while the latter was still pregnant with Malusa. It was nice to sit on the dolmen with the baby and remember being there in the fog with a large-bellied mother-to-be. Whether these sites were just for burying the dead, or for celebrations for the living, it feels like connecting to pre-history even more bringing your new-born there. And Dad and I (Vic), who had started these trips eight years before, now have another generation to add to our group.
Vic
By the "Lake of Chestnuts" is a fantastic dolmen, called Chan de Castiñeiras, built in the centre of a large mound, presumably part of the original structure. A short walk away lies another, although that one has the top missing and is barely visible from a distance. A quick check with the compass showed us that these two were alligned perfectly from North to South. A little further south of the ruined one, we saw another group of stones - we went to check them out, but they looked too natural to be a constructed site; they also fit the North-South allignment. Maybe the two man-made ones were built along the line of the naturally occuring mound?
After a picnic, our newly enlarged party (Dave & Raye, Vic and Loreto now with baby Malusa) went to the Chan de Arquiña - the last site that Vic and Loreto visited while the latter was still pregnant with Malusa. It was nice to sit on the dolmen with the baby and remember being there in the fog with a large-bellied mother-to-be. Whether these sites were just for burying the dead, or for celebrations for the living, it feels like connecting to pre-history even more bringing your new-born there. And Dad and I (Vic), who had started these trips eight years before, now have another generation to add to our group.Vic
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